Carol Taylor
BSc Science degree from Aberdeen University.
Current research interests
- Environmental Change Network: Use of long-term monitoring sites and historical re-sampling strategies in the detection of environmental changes (ECN).
- Hydrology and Stream Morphology.
Past research
- Effects of sewage sludge applications to agricultural soils on soil microbial activity and the implications for agricultural productivity and long term soil fertility.
- A stable isotopic investigation of the processes controlloing lead input to freshwaters from current and past deposition in upland areas.
Bibliography
- Dunn, S.M.; Sample, J.; Potts, J.; Abel, C.; Taylor, C.; Cook, Y.; Napier, F.; Vinten, A.J.A. (2014) Recent trends in water quality in an agricultural catchment in Eastern Scotland: elucidating the roles of hydrology and land use., Environmental Science: Processes and Impact, 16, 1659-1675.
- Vinten, A.J.A.; Loades, K.; Addy, S.; Richards, S.; Stutter, M.I.; Cook, Y.; Watson, H.; Taylor, C.; Abel, C.; Baggaley, N.; Ritchie, R.; Jeffrey, W. (2014) Assessment of the use of sediment fences for control of erosion and sediment phosphorus loss after potato harvesting on sloping land., Science of the Total Environment, 468-469, 1234-1244.
- Dunn, S.M.; Johnston, L.; Taylor, C.; Watson, H.; Cook, Y.; Langan, S.J. (2013) Capability and limitations of a simple grid-based model for simulating land use influences on stream nitrate concentrations., Journal of Hydrology, 507, 110-123.
- Dick, J.; Andrews, C.; Beaumont, D.A.; Benham, S.; Brooks, D.R.; Corbett, S.; Lloyd, D.; McMillan, S.; Monteith, D.T.; Pilgrim, E.S.; Rose, R.; Scott, A.; Scott, T.; Smith, R.I.; Taylor, C.; Taylor, M.; Turner, A.; Watson, H. (2011) A comparison of ecosystem services delivered by 11 long-term monitoring sites in the UK environmental change network., Environmetrics, 22, 639-648.
- Vinten, A.J.A.; Artz, R.R.E.; Thomas, N.; Potts, J.M.; Avery, L.M.; Langan, S.J.; Watson, H.; Cook, Y.; Taylor, C.; Abel, C.; Reid, E.; Singh, B.K. (2011) Comparison of microbial community assays for the assessment of stream biofilm ecology., Journal of Microbiological Methods, 85, 190-198.
- Vinten, A.J.A.; Stutter, M.I.; Potts, J.; Watson, H.; Abel, C.; Taylor, C.; Cook, Y. (2010) Assessment of catchment scale efficacy of diffuse pollution mitigation using turbidity probes: a cost-effective approach to monitoring in priority catchments?, Joint SAC/SEPA Biennial Conference 2010, Climate, Water and Soil: Science: Policy and Practice, Edinburgh, 31 March - 1 April 2010.
- Vinten, A.J.A.; Abel, C.; Watson, H.; Taylor, A. (2009) Lunan monitored priority catchment project., Annual Report 2008.
- Vinten, A.J.A.; Artz, R.R.E.; Singh, B.K.; Langan, S.J.; Watson, H.; Cook, Y.; Taylor, C.; Abel, C.; Thomas, N.; Reid, E. (2007) Assessing the potential of stream microbial biofilm community analysis to identify impacts of agricultural pollution on water quality., 11th International Conference on Diffuse Pollution and the 1st Joint Meeting of the IWA Diffuse Pollution and Urban Drainage Specialist Groups, Belo Horizonte-MG, 26-31 August 2007.
- Iannetta, P.P.M.; Jones, C.S.; Stewart, D.; Taylor, M.A.; McNicol, R.J.; Davies, H.V. (1998) Multidisciplinary approaches to improve red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) fruit quality., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1997/98, pp99-103.
- Dunn, S.M.; Sample, J.; Potts, J.; Abel, C.; Taylor, C.; Cook, Y.; Napier, F.; Vinten, A.J.A. (2014) Recent trends in water quality in an agricultural catchment in Eastern Scotland: elucidating the roles of hydrology and land use., Environmental Science: Processes and Impact, 16, 1659-1675.
- Vinten, A.J.A.; Loades, K.; Addy, S.; Richards, S.; Stutter, M.I.; Cook, Y.; Watson, H.; Taylor, C.; Abel, C.; Baggaley, N.; Ritchie, R.; Jeffrey, W. (2014) Assessment of the use of sediment fences for control of erosion and sediment phosphorus loss after potato harvesting on sloping land., Science of the Total Environment, 468-469, 1234-1244.
- Dunn, S.M.; Johnston, L.; Taylor, C.; Watson, H.; Cook, Y.; Langan, S.J. (2013) Capability and limitations of a simple grid-based model for simulating land use influences on stream nitrate concentrations., Journal of Hydrology, 507, 110-123.
- Dick, J.; Andrews, C.; Beaumont, D.A.; Benham, S.; Brooks, D.R.; Corbett, S.; Lloyd, D.; McMillan, S.; Monteith, D.T.; Pilgrim, E.S.; Rose, R.; Scott, A.; Scott, T.; Smith, R.I.; Taylor, C.; Taylor, M.; Turner, A.; Watson, H. (2011) A comparison of ecosystem services delivered by 11 long-term monitoring sites in the UK environmental change network., Environmetrics, 22, 639-648.
- Vinten, A.J.A.; Artz, R.R.E.; Thomas, N.; Potts, J.M.; Avery, L.M.; Langan, S.J.; Watson, H.; Cook, Y.; Taylor, C.; Abel, C.; Reid, E.; Singh, B.K. (2011) Comparison of microbial community assays for the assessment of stream biofilm ecology., Journal of Microbiological Methods, 85, 190-198.
- Vinten, A.J.A.; Artz, R.R.E.; Thomas, N.; Potts, J.M.; Avery, L.M.; Langan, S.J.; Watson, H.; Cook, Y.; Taylor, C.; Abel, C.; Reid, E.; Singh, B.K. (2011) Comparison of microbial community assays for the assessment of stream biofilm ecology., Journal of Microbiological Methods, 85, 190-198.
- Vinten, A.J.A.; Abel, C.; Watson, H.; Taylor, A. (2009) Lunan monitored priority catchment project., Annual Report 2008.
- Iannetta, P.P.M.; Jones, C.S.; Stewart, D.; Taylor, M.A.; McNicol, R.J.; Davies, H.V. (1998) Multidisciplinary approaches to improve red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) fruit quality., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1997/98, pp99-103.
- Vinten, A.J.A.; Stutter, M.I.; Potts, J.; Watson, H.; Abel, C.; Taylor, C.; Cook, Y. (2010) Assessment of catchment scale efficacy of diffuse pollution mitigation using turbidity probes: a cost-effective approach to monitoring in priority catchments?, Joint SAC/SEPA Biennial Conference 2010, Climate, Water and Soil: Science: Policy and Practice, Edinburgh, 31 March - 1 April 2010.
- Vinten, A.J.A.; Artz, R.R.E.; Singh, B.K.; Langan, S.J.; Watson, H.; Cook, Y.; Taylor, C.; Abel, C.; Thomas, N.; Reid, E. (2007) Assessing the potential of stream microbial biofilm community analysis to identify impacts of agricultural pollution on water quality., 11th International Conference on Diffuse Pollution and the 1st Joint Meeting of the IWA Diffuse Pollution and Urban Drainage Specialist Groups, Belo Horizonte-MG, 26-31 August 2007.
- Hewison, R.; Taylor, C. (2014) ECN Soil Solution Chemistry. Monitoring methods for assessing soil moisture and the chemical composition of soil solution at ECN sites across the UK., UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) 20 Year Symposium, Lancaster University, 12-13 May 2014.
